Bernadette

[bur-nuh-det, ber-na-det]

noun

1. Also called Bernadette of Lourdes. Saint. Marie Bernarde Soubirous or Soubiroux, 1844–79, French nun.

2. a first name: derived from Bernard.

Example Sentences

Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina, 86, and Sister Rita, 82, are the last three nuns at the Kloster Goldenstein convent in Elsbethen, just outside Salzburg.

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"We weren't asked," Sister Bernadette said.

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Sister Bernadette attended the school herself, arriving as a teenager in 1948.

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At the beginning of September, Sister Bernadette, Sister Rita and Sister Regina moved back, helped by a group of former students.

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"I have been obedient all my life, but it was too much," Sister Bernadette said.

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